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The Armchair Detective v19n02 [1986-Spring]

Publication date: 1986
Topics: Fanzine, Mystery, Detective, Crime Fiction, The Armchair Detective, Allen J. Hubin, Jacques Barzun, Wendell Hertig Taylor, Chris Steinbrunner, T. M. McDade, Otto Penzler, Ross Thomas
Collection: pulp_misc_mystery; pulpmagazinearchive; magazine_rack
Language: English
Item Size: 204.8M

CONTENTS:
The Armchair Detective [v19 #2, Spring 1986] ed. Otto Penzler (The Mysterious Press, $6.00, 112pp+, quarto, cover: [photo of Ross Thomas] by David Moore)
114 · The Uneasy Chair · Michael Seidman · ed
116 · An Interview With Ross Thomas: The Art Of Writing · Raymond Obstfeld · in
128 · Alice In Murderland: When Mystery Writers Allude To The White Rabbit, Is It Just A Red Herring?, Part I · Frank D. McSherry · ar
140 · AJH Reviews · Allen J. Hubin · br
142 · Crime Hunt: Real Life Cases: The Murder Of Mrs. Gresh · T. M. McDade · cl
145 · Putting Women In Their Place: The Dichotomy Of Irene Adler And Mrs. Hudson · Barbara Lawence · ar
147 · Halo For Hire: The Novels Of Howard Browne / John Evans · David A. Bowman · ar
158 · Collecting Mystery Fiction: Frederick Irving Anderson · Otto Penzler · bi
160 · Advance Man: Researching Elmore Leonard's Novels, Part II · Gregg Sutter · ar
173 · TAD At The Movies · Thomas Godfrey · cl
175 · This Pen For Hire · Raymond Obstfeld · cl
177 · TAD On TV · Richard Meyers · cl
179 · Mark Twain's Detectives: Tom Sawyer Didn't Just Paint Fences · Jane Gottschalk · ar
184 · What About Murder? · Jon L. Breen · rc
187 · J'Accuse · William L. DeAndrea · cl
189 · Retrospective Reviews · [Various] · br
192 · Current Reviews · [Various] · rc
210 · Paper Crimes · David Christie · cl
211 · Minor Offenses · Edward D. Hoch · cl
212 · Dial N For Nonsense · Louis Phillips · cl
214 · The Paperback Revolution · Charles Shibuk · cl
215 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc
218 · A Catalogue Of Crime · Jacques Barzun & Wendell Hertig Taylor · bi
220 · Checklist · M. S. Cappadonna · bi
222 · Mystery Marketplace · ads

The Armchair Detective was a quarterly fanzine on mystery & detective fiction featuring articles, commentary, checklists, interviews with authors, bibliographical material, book reviews, etc., which was started by the legendary crime fan and bibliographer Allen J. Hubin. 119 issues were published over a thirty-year period from 1967 to 1997.

It began publication in 1967 as a crudely printed, stapled fanzine. In 1978, it morphed into a professionally printed semi-prozine which could be found in the magazine sections of large chain bookstores like Barnes & Noble and Borders.

In addition to the goldmine of nonfiction articles on the genre (by Bill Pronzini, Jon L. Breen, Jacques Barzun, E. F. Bleiler, Robert E. Briney, Allen J. Hubin, Francis M. Nevins, Jr., Edward D. Hoch, and many more), The Armchair Detective published a single piece of classic reprint fiction in each issue from October 1978 to Winter 1986 and original fiction from Winter 1990 to Fall 1994 (by the likes of Donald E. Westlake, Lawrence Bloch, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Charles McCarry, Jerome Charyn, Joe Gores, Jonathan Valin, Dick Lochte, Jonathan Kellerman, George Baxt, Michael Z. Lewin, and others).